Friday, August 01, 2014

Graphic designer Mark Avery-Kenny clearly had some fun when he created Major League Baseball logos with a Star Wars theme. Here is a sampling of some, including the Royals. All 30 logos can be found on his Instagram account

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The Cubs as ewoks... because, you know, we don't suffer enough as it is.

Isn't making them Ewoks about as obvious as you can get? They are basically small bears. I don't see anything wrong with that one. The Cardinals got Watto, basically a jewish slave caricature, in the best example of George Lucas cultural sensitivity (okay, technically Watto was probably the third worse politically incorrect character in the new trilogy behind the lazy Jamaican and greedy Asians)

A few decisions I would have made...Instead of making the Rangers Han Solo, I think Boba Fett would have been a better choice(closest thing to "Rangers" that star wars has are bounty hunters---or maybe Jedi if you are a prequel fan.)
Not sure what the significance of Tarkin as Astros, why not go with the Leach monster from the asteroid belt? Or do the Millenium Falcon as an example of a spaceship. Giants and Royals was nearly as obvious as the Yankees. (I love the New Jersey Devils as a Simpson character)

edit: although I have to question how someone could do all this work and misspell Dagobah.

A few decisions I would have made...Instead of making the Rangers Han Solo, I think Boba Fett would have been a better choice(closest thing to "Rangers" that star wars has are bounty hunters---or maybe Jedi if you are a prequel fan.)

When the Millenium Falcon reaches Cloud City, Lando greets Han with, "How are you doing, you old pirate?" So Han should be in Pittsburgh. Though I admit that C-3PO makes for a pretty comic swarthy sea dog.

When the Millenium Falcon reaches Cloud City, Lando greets Han with, "How are you doing, you old pirate?" So Han should be in Pittsburgh. Though I admit that C-3PO makes for a pretty comic swarthy sea dog.

That works for me. C-3P0 (or Lobot) should be in Oakland representing the computer GM. (or the Nomads..I.E. Tusken Raiders representing the travelling nature of that particular franchise)

When the Millenium Falcon reaches Cloud City, Lando greets Han with, "How are you doing, you old pirate?" So Han should be in Pittsburgh. Though I admit that C-3PO makes for a pretty comic swarthy sea dog.

That works for me. C-3P0 (or Lobot) should be in Oakland representing the computer GM. (or the Nomads..I.E. Tusken Raiders representing the travelling nature of that particular franchise)

Yeah, I think they are done based on making a good logo rather than finding a character/team match.

That said, I am down with where my teams ended up (The Washington Rancors and the Oakland Yodas)